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EXCLUSIVE: Full Transcript: Daily Caller Interviews President Donald Trump (Reagan Reese/The Daily Caller)
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller: EXCLUSIVE: Full Transcript: Daily Caller Interviews President Donald Trump  —  The Oval Office.  —  DAILY CALLER WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT REAGAN REESE: I want to tell...
Leaked 'Gaza Riviera' plan dismissed as 'insane' attempt to cover ethnic cleansing (The Guardian)
The Guardian: Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing  —  Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeship...
Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo)
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs … This is not new.  But I at least hadn't heard any of these dots connected.  I wasn't ev...
Trump Declares D.C. a 'Crime Free Zone' Despite 442 Crimes Reported in Past Week (Emily Zemler/Rolling Stone)
Emily Zemler / Rolling Stone: Trump Declares D.C. a ‘Crime Free Zone’ Despite 442 Crimes Reported in Past Week  —  The president crowed on Truth Social about his federal takeover of law enforcement in...
'Giddy' Republicans cheer Mamdani's impact on Democrats (Politico)
Politico: ‘Giddy’ Republicans cheer Mamdani's impact on Democrats … A video this month by the House GOP's campaign arm warned that Democrats “want to turn America into a socialist, crime-filled dystop...
Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party's Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year (Nicholas Fandos/New York Times)
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times: Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party's Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year … Jerry Nadler intends to end a 34-year career in the House of Representatives at the conclusion...
Trump says he'll honor Giuliani with Presidential Medal of Freedom (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)
Rebecca Falconer / Axios: Trump says he'll honor Giuliani with Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Trump said Monday he'll award Rudy Giuliani a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civi...
Trump demands drugmakers 'justify' COVID treatment success (Tara Suter/The Hill)
Tara Suter / The Hill: Trump demands drugmakers ‘justify’ COVID treatment success  —  President Trump on Monday demanded drugmakers “justify” the success of their treatments for COVID-19 amid turmoil ...
Democrats Flinched During the Last Spending Showdown. They Should Do It Again. (Rachael Bade/Politico)
Rachael Bade / Politico: Democrats Flinched During the Last Spending Showdown.  They Should Do It Again. … But he was also picking a fight that's been months in the making.  —  Democrats immediately d...
Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla forced to turn back to port just hours after leaving (Anthony Blair/New York Post)
Anthony Blair / New York Post: Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla forced to turn back to port just hours after leaving  —  Greta Thunberg's aid flotilla was forced to turn back to port after hitting storm...
Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza (Molly Quell/Associated Press)
Molly Quell / Associated Press: Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza  —  The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday th...
Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Associated Press)
Associated Press: Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Donald Trump said Monday he will award former New York Mayor Rudolph Giul...
Giuliani Released From Hospital After Car Crash (New York Times)
New York Times: Giuliani Released From Hospital After Car Crash  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani was injured Saturday night when the vehicle he was riding in was rear-ended on a New Hampshire highway.  —  Rudo...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says (Stephanie van den Berg/Reuters)
Stephanie van den Berg / Reuters: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says  —  The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights (Eileen Sullivan/New York Times)
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times: Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights  —  The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one mi...

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Nintendo PP-1000A Power Supply (Punch-Out, PC10, etc.) Tested Working
Bench tested working Nintendo PP-1000A power supply. $75 Shipped in the US PM me if you are interested...
Fast and Furious monitor - LG a68qgx793x602
Have a Fast and Furious I've been working on and it's finally time to address the monitor. When the games on I hear a clicking, but don't see anything displayed on the screen. I'm not well versed in m...
WTB: Flicky
My eight-year-old daughter is starting to really enjoy playing some arcade games. I would love to find an original Flicky, which I know is hard to find. If anyone has one they might consider selling, ...
Super Off Road (Track Pak) half screen FIX
Hey, One of the most common problems with Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road boards... seemingly the Track Pak in particular, is a problem where the track is shifted up by a half of screen (though you stil...
Utterly Baffled by a Sanyo 20EZ and Punch-Out's PT-1021B Power Transformer ...
So let me see if I can explain this ... Capped the power supply in my Punch-Out which is a PP-1200M. While reinstalling the power supply, the wiring caught my attention so I grabbed a manual. The manu...
Warp Warp - located in Winston-Salem NC - Price Drop $550
Warp Warp. Working as it should. I have owned this game for over 20 years. Nice condition. Back door included (not pictured)....
Race Drivin' Compact Sound Issue
I had the left side speaker go out on my Race Drivin'... it now just sort of lightly buzzes. I don't notice any sound missing. Is Race Drivin' stereo or mono? If the latter... why two separate sound c...
Is This Old Game still around ?
Called them today about outstanding orders and instead of the usual terminal hold I got an out-of-office message saying they "would return to work November 27, 2023." Has anyone done business with the...
Is this an asteroids harness??
Thanks!...
Centipede Control Panel - Blank with faded overlay
Centipede Control Panel - Blank Has some sort of faded possibly aftermarket overlay No bends $60 shipped to Continental US Paypal F&F please Thanks Garry...
Some vintage test equipment
Clearing my shelf of some test gear I haven't used in years... if ever. Condition noted for each item... pictures to follow. Everything is sold as-is. -- Heathkit IB-101 Frequency Counter. Has five Ni...
New Old Stock Sonic Butterfly Pinball
New Old Stock Sonic Butterfly Pinball...
Has anybody identified L351? (K4600)
Would like to see if I can track it down....
Arcade Party - Southern MD - Saturday Oct 4, 2025
I tried this last year but it didn't end up working out. So this time, posting way farther in advance. So. Here are the details. Party is Saturday October 4th, 2025. Assuming that holds, doors open at...

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Saturation and the Triumph of History: How most of the behavior of Tech Leaders since 2016 can be explained by smartphone market saturation
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Faster linking times with 1.90.0 stable on Linux using the LLD linker
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The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
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[Optimising] Spatial Joins in DuckDB
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Processors are getting wider
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Building a WASM compiler in Roc (series)
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Nimony: Design principles
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Bear is now source-available
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Automatic updating Spotify status... without JavaScript
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Baba Yaga License
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What's cooking on SourceHut? Q3 2025
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C++ Memory Safety in WebKit
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The ASCII Side of the Moon
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A Review of Nim 2: The Good & Bad with Example Code
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What Every Argument About Sideloading Gets Wrong
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Passkeys are incompatible with open-source software
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End of (Windows) 10
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Why do browsers throttle JavaScript timers?
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things rust shipped without (2015)
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Default Methods in Go
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We need to seriously think about what to do with C++ modules
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Thinking about coding
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Baby's first type checker
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Jujutsu for everyone
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Three years of building no-code software for grassroots political organizations
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Post-Punk.com

NYC Anti-Pop Artist Nehedar’s “Power Starfish” LP Balances Wit and Tenderness With Cultural Satire
I am the beauty on a face The question of all time and space I am le Chatelier’s case The proper way to make a vase Nehedar’s latest work unfurls… The post NYC Anti-Pop Artist Nehedar’s “Power Starfis...
Tbilisi Post-Punk Duo DEAdpILOT Shares Euro-Underground VHS Video for “Shadow Walking Dopamine”
In Tbilisi, where history still trembles in the concrete, DEAdpILOT stands as if tuning their instruments to the voltage of buried machines. Their new video for Shadow Walking Dopamine is another… The...
Jennifer Touch Takes the Spotlight in the Video for her Powerful Cold Synth Track “Anthem”
Love me Forgive me I want your call Searching the crucial  Lesson to know Every woman who dares to step into the public arena walks a razor’s edge. She is… The post Jennifer Touch Takes the Spotlight ...

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Kazeta: Retro 90s style gaming operating system
Link URL: https://kazeta.org Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~games/1py1/kazeta_retro_90s_style_gaming_operating_system Votes: 4 Comments: 2...
Dwayne Johnson uncontrollably sobs as ‘The Smashing Machine’ gets 15-minute Venice standing ovation and generates Oscar buzz
Link URL: https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/the-rock-venice-smashing-machine-premiere-standing-ovation-1236493253/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~movies/1py0/dwayne_johnson_uncontrollably_sob...
Blocky Planet — Making Minecraft Spherical
Link URL: https://www.bowerbyte.com/posts/blocky-planet/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~comp/1pxz/blocky_planet_making_minecraft_spherical Votes: 9 Comments: 1...
Spoon - Everything Hits At Once (2001)
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY6nItOhSo4 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~music/1pxy/spoon_everything_hits_at_once_2001 Votes: 4 Comments: 0...
Posting "Beating Hornet until Hollow Knight: Silksong comes out." until Hollow Knight: Silksong comes out.
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybFn5SKUPyY Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~games/1pxx/posting_beating_hornet_until_hollow_knight_silksong_comes_out_until_hollow_knight_silksong_comes_out ...
What are your favorite ways to measure your own health?
A lot of people are familiar with body fat percentage, BMI, etc. Personally, my BMI has been 'better' when I've been less healthy, and generally worse as I've been more healthy. Body fat percentage is...
You need to be bored
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQKfIXMiA8 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~life/1pxv/you_need_to_be_bored Votes: 23 Comments: 7...
Hollow Knight: Silksong will cost $20, releases Thursday at 7 am PDT/10 am EDT
Link URL: https://www.polygon.com/hollow-knight-silksong-price-release-time/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~games/1pxu/hollow_knight_silksong_will_cost_20_releases_thursday_at_7_am_pdt_10_am_edt Vo...
Trypanon – Veiled In Shadows (2025)
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3p8luy9vrg Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~music/1pxt/trypanon_veiled_in_shadows_2025 Votes: 4 Comments: 0...
Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2025)
This is a monthly thread for those who need it. Vent, share your experiences, ask for advice, talk about how you are doing. Let's make this a compassionate space for all who may need one. Comments URL...
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well. Comments URL: h...
What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it! Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~food/1pxq/what_have_you_bee...
I built my own phone... because innovation is sad rn
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_9w_c2ub0 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tech/1pxp/i_built_my_own_phone_because_innovation_is_sad_rn Votes: 11 Comments: 1...
Videos about cultures around the world for a kid
I have a 4 year old and I'm looking for some video suggestions (ideally a series) that showcases cultures around the world. I have lots of options handy for seeing all sorts of animals from any corner...
Deep in the Swedish forest lies one of Europe's hopes for a spaceport that can ultimately compete with the United States, China and Russia
Link URL: https://apnews.com/article/sweden-norway-space-nasa-esrange-ecc967a99d575ece846b0a07c598a574 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~space/1pxn/deep_in_the_swedish_forest_lies_one_of_europes_hopes...
Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.
Link URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/29/tesla-autopilot-crashes-evidence-testimony-wrongful-death/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~transport/1pxl/tesla_said_it_didnt_have_key_...
The day when three NASA astronauts staged a strike in space
Link URL: https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-that-day-three-nasa-astronauts-20151228-column.html Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~space/1pxk/the_day_when_three_nasa_astronauts_staged_a...
Liverpool have agreed a British transfer record fee of £125m to sign striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United
Link URL: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c8904kw17j0o Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~sports.football/1pxj/liverpool_have_agreed_a_british_transfer_record_fee_of_125m_to_sign_striker_al...
CGA-2025-09 🕹️🚂 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 The Last Express
Introduction July, 1914. Paris. Tensions are high all around the European continent. A long-growing discontent has reached a sharp peak not even a full month earlier with the assassination of Archduke...
See the true relative geographical size of different countries
Link URL: https://thetruesize.com Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~science/1pxd/see_the_true_relative_geographical_size_of_different_countries Votes: 24 Comments: 5...
Jord – King Of The Night (2025)
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKWZojQmvs8 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~music/1pxc/jord_king_of_the_night_2025 Votes: 5 Comments: 0...
The beefsteak plant
Link URL: https://khkeeler.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-contradictory-plant-known-as.html Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~enviro/1pxb/the_beefsteak_plant Votes: 13 Comments: 0...
Anna Domino - Everyday, I Don't (1984)
Link URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIwel-9KKjs Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~music/1px7/anna_domino_everyday_i_dont_1984 Votes: 5 Comments: 0...
A ‘third way’ between buying or renting? Swiss co-ops say they’ve found it.
Link URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/realestate/switzerland-rental-coops-nonprofit-lausanne.html Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~finance/1px6/a_third_way_between_buying_or_renting_swiss_co_o...
Enter a Spotify song URL and get it "translated" to other music services
Link URL: https://idonthavespotify.sjdonado.com Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~music/1px4/enter_a_spotify_song_url_and_get_it_translated_to_other_music_services Votes: 26 Comments: 7...
Android emulators to actually use mobile apps in day-to-day life?
My understanding is that Android emulators primarily exist for mobile development and app testing and such-like, and maybe secondarily, to play mobile games. I want to explore the possibility of using...
In 1975, Swedish socialists and unions devised a program to democratically seize the means of production, but terrified elites dismantled it
Link URL: https://jacobin.com/2025/08/sweden-socialism-rehn-meidner-plan Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~humanities.history/1px0/in_1975_swedish_socialists_and_unions_devised_a_program_to_democratic...
Six months into tariffs, US businesses have no idea how to price anything
Link URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/trump-tariff-business-price-impact-37b630c8 Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~finance/1pwz/six_months_into_tariffs_us_businesses_have_no_idea_how_to_price...

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Great art on Bluesky

Concorde and Rue Royale #postimpressionism #cortes...
Concorde and Rue Royale #postimpressionism #cortes...
Boulevard Montmartre, Spring, 1897 #pissarro #danishart...
Boulevard Montmartre, Spring, 1897 #pissarro #danishart...
Vasily Kandinsky, Vignette next to "Artwork and Artist" ("Kunstwerk und Künstler...
Vasily Kandinsky, Vignette next to "Artwork and Artist" ("Kunstwerk und Künstler") (headpiece, page 95) from Über das Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art), 1911 #museumofmodernart #...
Paul Klee, Portrait of Mrs. Bl., 1931 #museumarchive #paulklee...
Paul Klee, Portrait of Mrs. Bl., 1931 #museumarchive #paulklee...
John Singer Sargent, Botzen (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook), May 29, 1869 #jo...
John Singer Sargent, Botzen (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook), May 29, 1869 #johnsingersargent #themet...
Berthe Morisot, Landscape (Tree-trunks near a River), 1888 #drawingsandprints #t...
Berthe Morisot, Landscape (Tree-trunks near a River), 1888 #drawingsandprints #themet...
Paul Klee, Underbrush (Gestrüpp), 1928 #museumofmodernart #museumarchive...
Paul Klee, Underbrush (Gestrüpp), 1928 #museumofmodernart #museumarchive...
Woman with attributes of Saint Catherine, so called Catherina Sforza Sandro Bott...
Woman with attributes of Saint Catherine, so called Catherina Sforza Sandro Botticelli, 1475 #botticelli #earlyrenaissance...
Excavation, 1950 #willemdekooning #dekooning...
Excavation, 1950 #willemdekooning #dekooning...
Henri Matisse, Reclining Nude, July 1938 #museumofmodernart #henrimatisse...
Henri Matisse, Reclining Nude, July 1938 #museumofmodernart #henrimatisse...
Portrait of Paulo as Pierrot, 1929 #pablopicasso #picasso...
Portrait of Paulo as Pierrot, 1929 #pablopicasso #picasso...
@Jay21041741 Check out Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and ...
@Jay21041741 Check out Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas @met_africanart Cheers, @andreitr...
Pont Neuf #cortes #postimpressionism...
Pont Neuf #cortes #postimpressionism...
Victor Brauner, Alphabet de la Tête, 1938 #modernart #museumarchive...
Victor Brauner, Alphabet de la Tête, 1938 #modernart #museumarchive...
Marcel Duchamp, Untitled from The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (Th...
Marcel Duchamp, Untitled from The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box) (La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même [Boîte verte]), 1934 #marcelduchamp #museumarchive...
Woman and Child, 1894 #impressionism #morisot...
Woman and Child, 1894 #impressionism #morisot...
Portrait of a man wearing a lavalliere, 1888 #cloisonnism #gauguin...
Portrait of a man wearing a lavalliere, 1888 #cloisonnism #gauguin...
Mascot, 1917 #mcescher #escher...
Mascot, 1917 #mcescher #escher...
Paul Klee, Street Children (Gassenkinder), 1912 #paulklee #museumarchive...
Paul Klee, Street Children (Gassenkinder), 1912 #paulklee #museumarchive...
Bathers, 1894 #postimpressionism #paulcezanne...
Bathers, 1894 #postimpressionism #paulcezanne...
John Singer Sargent, All' Ave Maria, ca. 1902-1904 #johnsingersargent #museumarc...
John Singer Sargent, All' Ave Maria, ca. 1902-1904 #johnsingersargent #museumarchive...
Otto Dix, Dance of Death 1917 (Dead Man Heights) (Totentanz anno 17 [Höhe Toter ...
Otto Dix, Dance of Death 1917 (Dead Man Heights) (Totentanz anno 17 [Höhe Toter Mann]) from The War (Der Krieg), 1924 #museumofmodernart #ottodix...
French Window at Collioure, 1914 #matisse #expressionism...
French Window at Collioure, 1914 #matisse #expressionism...
Portrait of Paul Signac, 1890 #pointillism #seurat...
Portrait of Paul Signac, 1890 #pointillism #seurat...
Marcel Duchamp, Network of Stoppages, Paris, 1914 #museumarchive #museumofmodern...
Marcel Duchamp, Network of Stoppages, Paris, 1914 #museumarchive #museumofmodernart...

BBC News

'No 10 shake-up' and Labour's 'asylum crackdown'
Sir Keir Starmer's shake-up of his No 10 team as Parliament returns from recess dominates Tuesday's papers....
Body seen in secret mortuary could solve 50-year mystery of vanished religious leader
Compelling evidence to suggest Lebanese Shia leader Musa al-Sadr was killed in Libya is uncovered by BBC....
'Parliament building inaccessible to me,' MP says
Marie Tidball MP was born with a congenital disability and wants Parliament to be more accessible....
Tom Odell on the lesson he learnt from Billie Eilish and Finneas
Tom Odell talks touring with Billie Eilish and the "anguish" behind his new album, A Wonderful Life....
Justice secretary to get power to veto sentencing guidance
Shabana Mahmood has introduced a requirement for any new rules to be approved by her....
Premier League summer spending surpasses record £3bn
Premier League clubs splash out more than ever before in a transfer window after spending this summer surpassed £3bn....
From 'not possible' to record spenders - Liverpool's transfer window
Jurgen Klopp once suggested it was impossible for Liverpool to match their richest rivals in the transfer market. But no-one has spent more in this transfer window then they have....
Dwayne Johnson: I was pigeon-holed as box office star
The Hollywood star plays UFC fighter Mark Kerr in his latest film The Smashing Machine....
Northern Lights potentially visible across much of the UK
The Met Office says those with clear and dark skies could be get "a rare and memorable display"....
The player power fallout: 'Despicable' stars or 'hypocritical' clubs?
After Alexander Isak and Yoane Wissa both forced moves with their behaviour, will we see an increase in players doing the same? And is it ever defensible?...
Rudy Giuliani to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, Trump says
America's highest civilian honour is awarded to those with "exceptionally meritorious contributions" to society....
Isak joins Liverpool in £125m British record deal
Liverpool sign striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United for a British record transfer fee of £125m....
'He is convinced he can be number one' - Lammens joins Man Utd
Manchester United sign Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp for an initial 21m euros (£18.1m) plus add-ons....
CEO who snatched boy's hat at US Open says he made 'huge mistake'
Piotr Szczerek was "convinced" tennis star Kamil Majchrzak was passing him the hat, he says while apologising for the viral incident....
'Good business rather than late business' - Villa sign Sancho & Elliott
Aston Villa complete loan deals to bring in Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott and Manchester United forward Jadon Sancho on deadline day....
'Donald banking on experience for Ryder Cup bear pit'
Europe captain Luke Donald goes for continuity as he looks to find the formula to secure a first away win since the 'Miracle at Medinah' in 2012, writes Iain Carter....
'The moments I play tennis for' - Osaka beats Gauff at US Open
Two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka earns her most impressive win since returning to the tour by knocking out third seed Coco Gauff....
Nestle fires boss after romantic relationship with employee
The food giant says Laurent Freixe had an "undisclosed" relationship with "a direct subordinate"....
'Covered in dust and too shocked to speak': Afghan villagers reel at scale of quake's devastation
Cut off by rock falls in the mountains, locals who survived the tremors help pull injured and dead from the rubble....
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say
The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children....
Watch: BBC analyses the warmth and hand-holding at Xi, Modi and Putin's summit
The Chinese, Indian and Russian leaders were among those attending a regional security summit in China over the weekend....
EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming
The European Commission said the plane's navigation was disrupted in Bulgaria on Sunday....
Scotland scraps peak rail fares - will the rest of the UK follow?
Working patterns have changed since Covid so could peak train pricing be phased out altogether?...
Scandal-hit ex-MP dies suddenly in London flat at 59
David Warburton was an MP from 2015 to 2023 – he resigned after admitting taking cocaine....
Teen arrested after boy's fatal roundabout fall
Cheshire Police is looking into reports the wheels of an e-bike were used to propel a roundabout....
What we know about Afghanistan earthquake - and what we don't
Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region....
Two-time Ali challenger Bugner dies aged 75
Former British heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner - who faced Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier - has died at the age of 75....
Warwick Davis to reprise role in Harry Potter TV series
The English actor will return as Professor Filius Flitwick, HBO has confirmed....
Is a UK heatwave in the weather forecast for September?
Simon King guides us through the weather we're expecting as we start meteorological autumn...
Starmer shakes up No 10 team - but what is he hoping to achieve?
The PM's revamp aims to build clearer structures and bolster economic expertise ahead of the Budget....
UK suspends refugee family reunion applications
Yvette Cooper outlines her plans as MPs return to Parliament after a summer of protests at asylum hotels....

Alterslash, the unofficial Slashdot digest

US Tourism Suffers 8.2% Decline
International tourism to the United States faces an unprecedented 8.2% decline in 2025, with the World Travel and Tourism Council projecting a $12.5 billion loss in visitor spending -- the only declin...
Salesforce CEO Says AI Enabled Him To Cut 4,000 Jobs
An anonymous reader shares a report: Speaking to The Logan Bartlett Show on Friday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the use of AI agents had enabled him to "rebalance" his headcount in the customer s...
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending
The century-old duty-free import exemption that transformed American online shopping has ended, The Atlantic argues, closing a loophole that allowed packages valued under $800 to enter the United Stat...
Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever
Americans are having a record low amount of sex -- even less than they did during the Covid-19 pandemic -- according to a new study led by researchers at the Institute for Family Studies. WSJ: This co...
'Why Do Waymos Keep Loitering in Front of My House?'
Waymo robotaxis are repeatedly selecting identical parking spots in front of specific Los Angeles and Arizona homes between rides, puzzling residents who document the same vehicles returning to precis...
Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake
A review of published meta-analyses examining protein supplementation found no evidence supporting intake beyond 1.6 grams per kilogram of body weight daily, according to an analysis by cardiologist E...
Blizzard's 'Diablo' Devs Unionize. There's Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers
PC Gamer reports: The Diablo team is the next in line to unionize at Blizzard. Over 450 developers across multiple disciplines have voted to form a union under the Communications Workers of America (C...
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You 'Buy' a Long-Term Streaming Rental
"Typically when something is available to "buy," ownership of that good or access to that service is offered in exchange for money," writes Ars Technica. "That's not really the case, though, when it c...
First 'AI Music Creator' Signed by Record Label. More Ahead, or Just a Copyright Quandry?
"I have no musical talent at all," says Oliver McCann. "I can't sing, I can't play instruments, and I have no musical background at all!" But the Associated Press describes 37-year-old McCann as a Bri...
400 'Tech Utopian' Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State
"Nearly 400 students, many of them entrepreneurs, have so far made the journey to Forest City to study everything from coding to unconventional theories on statehood," reports Bloomberg. "They're buil...
OpenAI Is Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content To Police
Futurism reports: Earlier this week, buried in the middle of a lengthy blog post addressing ChatGPT's propensity for severe mental health harms, OpenAI admitted that it's scanning users' conversations...
Humans Are Being Hired to Make AI Slop Look Less Sloppy
Graphic designer Lisa Carstens "spends a good portion of her day working with startups and individual clients looking to fix their botched attempts at AI-generated logos," reports NBC News: Such gigs ...

Techmeme

TrendForce: global chip foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B in Q2, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7% and SMIC with 5% (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
Luke James / Tom's Hardware: TrendForce: global chip foundry revenue surged 14.6% QoQ to $41.7B in Q2, with TSMC securing a 70% market share, followed by Samsung with 7% and SMIC with 5%  —  China's S...
Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
Kate Park / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M  —  Aging demograph...
WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)
Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: WLFI, the token of the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to about $0.21 on its first day of trading, giving it a market cap of around $6B  —  WLFI token...
Alibaba's shares jumped 19% in Hong Kong on Monday, following strong quarterly results from its cloud computing unit and reports of its new AI chip on Friday (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Alibaba's shares jumped 19% in Hong Kong on Monday, following strong quarterly results from its cloud computing unit and reports of its new AI chip on Friday  —  Alibaba's Hong K...
Tencent open sources translation models Hunyuan-MT-7B and Hunyuan-MT-Chimera-7B, which support 33 languages, claiming they beat established models in benchmarks (Jonathan Kemper/The Decoder)
Jonathan Kemper / The Decoder: Tencent open sources translation models Hunyuan-MT-7B and Hunyuan-MT-Chimera-7B, which support 33 languages, claiming they beat established models in benchmarks  —  Chin...
China's new AI content labeling law goes into effect, as part of a broad effort to address AI-related risks such as misinformation and copyright infringement (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: China's new AI content labeling law goes into effect, as part of a broad effort to address AI-related risks such as misinformation and copyright infringement  —  ...
Internal memo: Revolut begins a secondary share sale for employees at $1,381.06 per share, valuing Revolut at $75B, up from $45B in a 2024 secondary share sale (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Internal memo: Revolut begins a secondary share sale for employees at $1,381.06 per share, valuing Revolut at $75B, up from $45B in a 2024 secondary share sale  —  Revolut Lt...
Trump family's World Liberty Financial token starts trading on exchanges with $30 billion-plus valuation (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: Trump family's World Liberty Financial token starts trading on exchanges with $30 billion-plus valuation  — The native token of World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project ba...
Source: G42 is talking to AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI to become tenants at its UAE-US AI Campus, and aims to diversify chip suppliers beyond Nvidia (Kelsey Warner/Semafor)
Kelsey Warner / Semafor: Source: G42 is talking to AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI to become tenants at its UAE-US AI Campus, and aims to diversify chip suppliers beyond Nvidia  —  THE SCOOP  — ...
Sources: OpenAI is scouting local partners to set up a 1GW+ data center in India, although the exact timeline is unclear; Sam Altman is set to visit this month (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI is scouting local partners to set up a 1GW+ data center in India, although the exact timeline is unclear; Sam Altman is set to visit this month  —  OpenAI is seeking to buil...
Analysis: porn sites ignoring the UK's age verification law have seen a burst of traffic from UK users, while sites complying saw declines from UK IP addresses (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)
Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Analysis: porn sites ignoring the UK's age verification law have seen a burst of traffic from UK users, while sites complying saw declines from UK IP addresses  —  The ...
AI shopping agents have prompted sellers and brands to rethink selling online, as advertisers employ new techniques to appear more prominently in AI results (Financial Times)
Financial Times: AI shopping agents have prompted sellers and brands to rethink selling online, as advertisers employ new techniques to appear more prominently in AI results  —  OpenAI, Perplexity and...
Q&A with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on why he thinks AI chatbots are killing the web and journalism, how his pay-per-crawl initiative can fix it, and more (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
Fred Vogelstein / Crazy Stupid Tech: Q&A with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on why he thinks AI chatbots are killing the web and journalism, how his pay-per-crawl initiative can fix it, and more  —  S...
A survey of 1,047 US college students on GenAI: 55% use the tech for brainstorming ideas, 18% now question the value of college more than they used to, and more (Colleen Flaherty/Inside Higher Ed)
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed: A survey of 1,047 US college students on GenAI: 55% use the tech for brainstorming ideas, 18% now question the value of college more than they used to, and more  —...
A profile of Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon, whose share price has doubled since the start of August, supported by Beijing's push for tech self-sufficiency (Financial Times)
Financial Times: A profile of Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon, whose share price has doubled since the start of August, supported by Beijing's push for tech self-sufficiency  —  The young chipmaker...

Calagator: Events

Digital Creatives & Coffee (drop-in social)
Sunday, September 7, 2025 from 8am-noon at Honey Latte Cafe...
Portland Polish Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 10am through Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 6pm at Polish Library Building Association...
Portland Polish Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 10am through Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 6pm at 3832 N. Interstate Avenue (Polish Library Building Association)...
Healthcare + AI Forum
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from 6-8:30pm at PSU - Metro Innovation Hub - 2130 SW 5th Ave., PDX, OR 97201...
First Fridays at East Creative
Friday, September 5, 2025 from 6-9pm at East Creative Studios...

Blog – Hackaday

Robotic Canoe Puts Robot Arms to Work
Most robots get around with tracks or wheels, but [Dave] had something different in mind. Sufficiently unbothered by the prospect of mixing electronics and water, [Dave] augmented a canoe with …read m...
A Label Printer Gets A New Brain
The internals of a printer, whatever technology it may use, are invariably proprietary, with an abstracted more standard language being used to communicate with a host computer. Thus it’s surprisingly...
Building a Halloween Vending Computer That Talks
Our hacker from [Appalachian Forge Works] wrote in to let us know about their vending machine build: a Halloween vending computer that talks. He starts by demonstrating the vending process: …read more...
Making the World’s Smallest E-Bike Battery
Often times, e-bikes seek to build the biggest battery with the most range. But what if you want to take a couple lunch loops on your bike and only need …read more...
Worlds Largest Neutrino Detector Is Collecting Data In China
To say that neutrinos aren’t the easiest particles to study would be a bit of an understatement. Outside of dark matter, there’s not much in particle physics that is as …read more...
NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission
As NASA’s Artemis program trundles onwards at the blazing pace of a disused and very rusty crawler-transporter, the next mission on the list is gradually coming into focus. This will …read more...
The Challenges of Digitizing Paper Films
In the 1930s, as an alternative to celluloid, some Japanese companies printed films on paper (kami firumu), often in color and with synchronized 78 rpm record soundtracks. Unfortunately, between the …...

Chris Coyier

Centralia Old-Time Campout 2025
My buddy Jason Chinchen made this highlight reel of the Centralia Old-Time Campout above. As Jason writes: The 2025 PNW gathering of old-time musicians in Centralia Washington. Appalachian fiddle musi...

Daring Fireball

Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
Bernie Sanders, in a NYT op-ed: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign. Mr. Kennedy...
Nine Former Directors of the CDC: ‘RFK Jr. Is Endangering Every American’s Health’
William Foege, William Roper, David Satcher, Jeffrey Koplan, Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Rochelle P. Walensky, and Mandy K. Cohen — all of them former directors of the CDC, under every...
The Talk Show: ‘Ersatz PopSocket’
For your holiday listening enjoyment: Special guest Andru Edwards joins the show. Topics include Google’s Pixel 10 event and the Pixel 10 family of devices, AI’s effect on computational photography, f...
Vintage Macintosh Programming Book Library
One more for my weekend spate of developer posts, but from the opposite of the LLM-assisted cutting edge: this wonderful collection of classic-era Mac programming books, carefully scanned as PDFs. The...
Walk the World
My thanks to Impending for sponsoring last week at DF to promote their new app, Walk the World. You surely know some of Impending’s other apps, like the innovative checklist/task app Clear. Walk the W...
sosumi.ai: Apple Developer Docs for LLMs
Sosumi.ai: Ever notice Claude struggling to write Swift code? It might not be their fault! Apple Developer docs are locked behind JavaScript, making them invisible to most LLMs. If they try to fetch i...

Portland Mercury

The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: September 2025
The Best Day Ever Fest, Time-Based Art Festival, and More by EverOut Staff School is starting, apples are ripening, and the days are getting ever-so-slightly shorter, but it's technically still summer...
Portland’s Seniors Do Not Give In
by Anonymous Every weekend you can find Portland seniors on bridges and busy street corners with signs that implore us to reject fascism. This steady consistency is a reminder to everyone who visits t...
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: September 1–7
This week: ambient drone, lowriders, and a gay carnival. Plus garlic. Lots of garlic. by Lindsay Costello Summer's winding to a close, but don't even think about hibernating. This week, the city will ...
Friends
by Anonymous It’s mostly just a shame that we don’t connect anymore. I went through my big rough patch and barely made it to the other side. I know why I hesitate to reach out, but I’m still disappoin...
YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Cop Investigators on Strike, Portland's Got a New Top Funny Guy, and Your Picks for TBA 2025!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to...

Matt Mullenweg

Fact Checkers
The New Yorker is always good, but they’re having a bit of a victory lap as they celebrate their centennial. This article on the vaunted fact-checkers is such a delight, with so many in-jokes and back...

The Verge

The best Labor Day TV sales
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, which is a bit sad, but it’s a great time to get a deal on a fancy, new TV. The US holiday is happening just before the start of the 2025-2026 NFL...
Is AI the end of software engineering or the next step in its evolution?
The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, but always by the most malevolent...
Silksong is only $19.99
Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on Septe...
Hell Is Us is a cryptic and ambitious meditation on the horrors of war
The opening hours of Hell Is Us are brilliantly confusing. The game tasks you with getting up to speed on a complicated civil war between the Palomists and Sabinians. A deluge of proper nouns is unlea...
Chatbots can be manipulated through flattery and peer pressure
Generally, AI chatbots are not supposed to do things like call you names or tell you how to make controlled substances. But, just like a person, with the right psychological tactics, it seems like at ...
The Verge’s favorite gifts for book lovers
What do you gift somebody who loves books? The obvious answer is "a book," but since true bibliophiles are probably sitting on a stack already, it's worth getting a little more creative. Luckily for y...
Meta is struggling to rein in its AI chatbots
Meta is changing some of the rules governing its chatbots two weeks after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing ways in which they could, potentially, interact with minors. Now the company has t...
AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM...

Molly White's activity feed

Note published on September 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM UTC
i never realized that "getting lit", as in getting drunk, dates back at least to the 1930s“You could have phoned him last night.”“I could not. I got lit last night. This is the first job I’ve had in a...
Note published on September 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM UTC
This month's fiction: very gay, very outer space.Highlights included Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, The Alliance series by Elaine U. Cho, and Charlie Jane Anders' Lessons in Magic and...
Finished reading The Black Ice
Finished reading: Harry Bosch series, book 2. The Black Ice by Michael Connelly. Audiobook. Published 1993. 439 pages. Started August 31, 2025; completed August 31, 2025. Posted: August 31, 2025 at 9:...
Finished reading Space Team
Finished reading: Space Team series, book 1. Space Team by Barry J. Hutchison. Published 2016. 284 pages. Started August 26, 2025; completed August 30, 2025. Posted: August 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM UTC. Ta...

Gizmodo

Behold: Horror Icons Are Getting the Baby Yoda Treatment
Spirit Halloween's truly unsettling new Horror Babies are creepy-crawling into a pop-up near you....
The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in September 2025
We've picked out the best horror, sci-fi, and genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and beyond....
Meet the Silicon Valley Donors Backing California’s Redistricting Push
The move is the latest underscoring how Silicon Valley’s deep-pocketed executives are increasingly wielding influence in California politics and beyond....
100 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for September
This month features a new 'Witcher' novel from Andrzej Sapkowski, as well as an uptick in horror as spooky season approaches....
Lego’s September Releases Set Sail in More Ways Than One
Whether it's the high seas or rivers of chocolate, Lego's new sets for September are big on boats....
Tesla Hit With Another Major Recall
This time, a window may close with excessive force if it fails to detect obstructions, posing a risk of injury....
Dozens of Beaches Contaminated By Fecal Matter Over Labor Day Holiday
A recent Environment America report found that 61% of U.S. beaches recorded at least one day of unsafe bacterial levels last year....
These Wireless Earbuds Have a Screen, ChatGPT, and a Cute Robot Face—but They Sound Terrible
Oso's AI wireless earbuds promised to make me a productivity god, but all they made me was underwhelmed....
Today, College Kids Get Ridiculously Drunk. In Medieval England, They Got Ridiculously Murderous
Researchers have compiled "murder maps" of London, Oxford, and York to investigate the spread of medieval violence....
Why Is Tech Worried When Stocks Like Chevron Drop On Global Oil Worries?
Casual observers sometimes wonder why technology stocks—often seen as disconnected from the oil industry—sometimes react sharply to oil price movements....
Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ Gets Bumped to 2026 in North America
Those in North America wanting to see 'Scarlet' will have to wait a few more months until it leaves the festival circuit....
Meet the Top 10 AI-Proof Jobs That Everyone Wants
"Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.," one CEO says. But not these....
‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ and ‘Devilman Crybaby’ are Thankfully Getting Blu-Ray Releases
If you like physical media and got money to spend, you can end the year with Blu-Rays for 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' or 'Devilman Crybaby.'...
Meta Stock Drops On News It Used Taylor Swift As Chatbot Without Permission
Some adult-oriented bots even produced photorealistic pictures of the celebrities in lingerie or a bathtub....
Touted As The Tesla-Killer, Lucid Scrambles to Stay On The NASDAQ
While this move may protect the company from being removed from the exchange for now, it does little to address the underlying issues plaguing the struggling electric vehicle maker....
People Still Spending on Tech Despite Red Flags in July Report
But there were other signals that economists watch closely, because they mean households may be dipping into savings to sustain purchases....
‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Finally Returns With a Fight-Fueled Season 3
After nearly two years of radio silence, 'Jujutsu Kaisen' comes back in January 2026 with everyone in for the fight of their lives....
‘Call of Duty’ May Enlist for a Movie Adaptation
After years of being the top dog in games, can 'Call of Duty' bring that blockbuster success over to film?...
$1B Powerball Is Minting Social Media Gold
The next Powerball draw is on Monday night and could grant the game's fifth-largest prize ever....
Google Investors Surprisingly Chill About Major Data Breach
Alphabet Inc.’s shares closed up slightly from the day's prior closing price, despite Google's global security alert...

Penny Arcade

Clientele
Here's the strip from the make a strip panel at PAX West 2025, to celebrate a new vendor I'm really excited about. In other news, Ronia wants to get Alien tattoos together when she turns 18; she wants...
Clientele
New Comic: Clientele...

Penny Arcade

Clientele
Here's the strip from the make a strip panel at PAX West 2025, to celebrate a new vendor I'm really excited about. In other news, Ronia wants to get Alien tattoos together when she turns 18; she wants...
Clientele
New Comic: Clientele...

Michael Tsai

Documentation for App Store Business Model Changes
Craig Hockenberry (Mastodon): The source code example using in Supporting business model changes by using the app transaction does not work if you’re using current Xcode and App Store conventions. Add...
Typepad Shutting Down
Typepad: After September 30, 2025, access to Typepad – including account management, blogs, and all associated content – will no longer be available. Your account and all related services will be perm...
The Tim Cook Era
Jason Snell: But here we are, living in an era where Cook has now served as Apple CEO longer than Jobs did. The Apple of 2025 is quite different from the company Cook took control of back in 2011. Tod...
The Anatomy of a Mach-O
Olivia A. Gallucci: The Mach Object (Mach-O) is the binary format used on Apple’s operating systems for executables, libraries, and object code. It was created for the Mach kernel (hence the name) and...

Simon Willison's Weblog

August 2025 newsletter
I just sent out my August 2025 sponsors-only newsletter summarizing the past month in LLMs and my other work. Topics included GPT-5, gpt-oss, image editing models (Qwen-Image-Edit and Gemini Nano Bana...
Introducing gpt-realtime
Introducing gpt-realtime Released a few days ago (August 28th), gpt-realtime is OpenAI's new "most advanced speech-to-speech model". It looks like this is a replacement for the older gpt-4o-realtime-p...
Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights
Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights Cloudflare launched this dashboard back in February, incorporating traffic analysis from Cloudflare's network along with insights from their popular 1.1.1.1 DNS service. ...

Raymond Camden

Adding a Web Debugger to BoxLang (First Version)
This one's been sitting in my "to do" blog queue for sometime now and I figured the beginning of spooky season (September 1 - don't we all start celebrating Halloween then?) was a good excuse to final...

The Onion

The U.S. Open By The Numbers
Jannik Sinner, Coco Gauff, and more of the world’s top tennis players are squaring off in New York for a major title in the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. The Onion examines the key facts an...
Texas Blocks Law That Would Ban Gun Stores From Operating Inside Psych Wards
AUSTIN, TX—Touting the party-line vote as a major victory for the Second Amendment, the Texas House of Representatives successfully blocked a bill last week that would have prevented gun stores from o...
Man Given 6 Months To Live Beats Odds By Dying In 2
MINNETONKA, MN—In a medical miracle being hailed as a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit, area 53-year-old David Spotherton, who this summer was given just six more months to live, reported...
South Korea To Ban Mobile Phones In Classrooms
Despite objections from student rights groups, South Korea enacted a law to combat smartphone youth addiction by banning mobile phones and digital devices in school classrooms. What do you think? The ...
Causing a Führer
The post Causing a Führer appeared first on The Onion....

Laughing Squid

Ingenious Lampshades That Look Like Shavings From a Giant Colored Pencil
Artist Nanako Kume creates absolutely ingenious lampshades that look like the shavings from giant colored pencils. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Ingenious Lampshades That Look Li...
Carl Sagan’s Profound ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Speech Set to a Beautifully Calming Classical Soundtrack
Become Human took the iconic "Pale Blue Dot" speech by Carl Sagan, removed some of the noise, and set it to a calming classical soundtrack. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Carl Sag...
Odd Physical Anomalies That Are Explained by Science
Animator Chill Dude Explains looks at a variety of odd physical anomalies that can be easily explained by science. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Odd Physical Anomalies That Are E...
Why Baby Animals Have Adorable Diminutive Names
Name Explain talked about why diminutive names such as "puppy", "kitten", and "piglet" are given to baby animals. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Why Baby Animals Have Adorable Dim...
The Distinctive ‘Whistle Synth’ Musical Phrase Behind Numerous Hip-Hop Songs
Music vlogger Synthet broke down the often sampled "whistle-synth", which became a staple in modern hip-hop music. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post The Distinctive ‘Whistle Synth’ M...
Testing Famous Musicians and Everyday New Yorkers About Their Music Knowledge For a $5.00 Prize
Jack Coyne of Track Star* challenges famous musicians and people on the streets of New York City about their knowledge of music. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Testing Famous Musi...

The Ludologist

For Svend Juul, 1940-2025
Svend Juul, 1940-2025 My father died this summer. He lived a long life, leaving four children and five grandchildren whom he loved dearly. He was active to the very end, updating his epidemiology text...

Boing Boing

Murder on the playa
Police are investigating the apparent murder of a festival goer at Burning Man. A murder investigation has been launched at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada after a man was found "ly...
Babbel can help you say more than just "gracias" next time you travel
TL;DR: New users can get lifetime access to all 14 languages on Babbel for $159 with promo code LEARN until September 8. You can only point at a menu and smile for so long before it's time to speak th...
New book: conservatives abandon limited government in favor of private business and extreme Christian agenda
In his new book, Conservative at the Core: A New History of American Conservatism, renowned historian Allan J. Lichtman argues that, despite rhetoric about limited government, fiscal responsibility, a...
Washington D.C. awash in protests
Rather than accept aspiring dictator and convicted felon Donald Trump's military occupation of their hometown, Washington, D.C., protestors are demanding independence and statehood. Demonstrations con...
Amazing… every word of what Stephen Miller just said was wrong
Donald Trump's ghoul, mayonnaise-fueled Stephen Miller, portrays Robert F. Kennedy Jr's dismantling of the infrastructure we rely on for public health as some shining stand for truth and science, rath...
Kennywood amusement park ends 21+ nights because adults just can't behave themselves
Kennywood is a family amusement park in Pittsburgh with 8 roller coasters, 2 water rides, and a long and storied history that made it one of only two such venues to become National Historic Landmarks....
Thief sues grocery store whose employees beat him up
Described by the Detroit Free Press as a "chronic thief" with 17 convictions for property offenses, 36-year-old Michael Prince was at it again outside a grocery store in Winnipeg, Manitoba when staff ...
Staten Island official demands Netflix restore DVD service
Before it became the top TV streaming service, Netflix built its empire by mailing movies on-demand to viewers' homes, obliterating the rental video business and producing an estimated 5 billion DVDs ...
Labor Day weekend beachgoers enjoying the warm feces of the American shore
Thousands if not zillions of Americans are headed to the nation's beaches this Labor Day weekend, but the Associated Press warns that taking a dip is out of the question in many locales due to unsafe ...
Tracking how many people identify as transgender is about to get difficult
Federal data collection on gender improved markedly in 2014 after relevant questions were added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System and other s...
Somehow, Los Angeles still stands…
Kristi "Puppy Slayer" Noem lives in a different reality than the rest of us. Trump didn't do anything to help with the fires, and the violence Downtown was almost entirely police violently attacking c...
Skip Microsoft 365 and get Office 2019 on your PC for life for just $25
TL;DR: Stop paying every month and own a lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2019 for Windows for just $24.97 through September 7. Whether you're cranking out spreadsheets, polishing a presentation, ...

Polygon.com

How to watch Sony’s State of Play on 007 First Light
PlayStation announced a State of Play focused on the new James Bond game and here's when and where you can watch it....
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle's lead actor is feeling Mugen Train pressure
After Mugen Train's success, 2025's Infinity Castle must prove it wasn’t a one-time hit. Tanjiro actor Zach Aguilar says he's up to the challenge....
Borderlands 4 roadmap and endgame content explained
Here's an explanation on Borderlands 4 roadmap, the post-launch content coming to the game, and all the endgame activities you will have access to....
Bennett Foddy can’t stop making 'choke machines.' Baby Steps is next.
As his next game, Baby Steps, approaches release, Bennett Foddy goes long on walking, failure, and golf...
Darth Vader clashes with the Emperor in a brand new Star Wars story
Darth Vader returns in New York Times bestselling author Adam Christopher's new novel, Master of Evil. Read an exclusive excerpt now...
The 20 most anticipated anime shows and movies of fall 2025
Polygon picks 20 anime shows and movies to keep on your radar for the fall 2025 season, including MHA, Spy x Family, One-Punch Man, and more....
What's the next $80 game going to be?
Mario Kart World broke new ground for game prices at $79.99, but other publishers haven't followed suit. Will GTA 6 change the game?...
Stardew Valley fans just got massive news, but don't get too excited yet
Stardew Valley fans have just had a massive update news from developer Eric Barone, but don't rush to create a new farm just yet...
Hollow Knight: Silksong price and release time confirmed
Team Cherry's much-anticipated indie game will cost $20, but it's not a midnight drop...
Pokémon Go Max Monday and Max Battle schedule for September 2025
The Dynamax Pokémon in Pokémon Go Max Battles swap out every month. Here’s what you can catch this month in Max Battles....

Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog

Cormac McCarthy's library
Sensitive article about the famous author's home stuffed with 20,000 books...
sneak-link
A reverse proxy for web services but specialized to a few specific home hosting things like Immich and Nextcloud...
GPT-5 prompting guide
Advice from OpenAI about how to induce better answers from their LLM...

Whatever

Kitten Update: All Hail the Fuzz Butt
So, we kept the black kitten. I want to stress this was not the plan all along. I did in fact have a new home scheduled for this kitten, but then, more or less at the last minute, the people at the ne...

Sacha Chua

2025-09-01 Emacs news
People continue to share interesting Emacs elevator pitches. The Emacs Carnival September theme is "Obscure packages." Recommend a hidden gem! Upcoming events (iCal file, Org): Emacs Paris: S: Emacs w...
Colours
sach.ac/2025-08-31-02 18 years of sketches Syllabus 2020-02-06: I like painting. 2015-03-06c: I like softer colours. 2017-01-30a: This doodle was fun. 2012-03-21: I like the contrast here. toned text ...
Nginx maps: How I redirect sketch IDs to blog posts or sketches
Assumed audience: I'm mostly writing these notes for myself, because I'd forgotten how this actually works. Maybe it might be interesting for people who also like identifying their posts or sketches a...
Emacs elevator pitch: tinkerers unite
This is for the Emacs Carnival 2025-08: Your Elevator Pitch for Emacs hosted by Jeremy Friesen. Emacs is a text editor, but people have made it so much more. 2025-08-31-01 Emacs elevator pitch -- comm...

Go Make Things

Means of Production
It’s Labor Day here in America, a day where we honor the American labor movement. While the history of labor here in the US is important, today I really want you, no matter where you live, to consider...
Solidarity means everyone
Last month, Pete Buttigieg caught a bunch of shit for failing to fully support trans athletes. And a whole lot more people jumped in to argue that if we demand complete moral purity from our elected o...

Erik's Weblog

Toots du Jour (Aug 31)
I just watched Love and Monsters. #movies #trakt trakt.tv/movies/love-and-monst… #I just watched Jumanji: The Next Level. #movies #trakt trakt.tv/movies/jumanji-the-ne… #...
Chad Powers
After a career-ending game, Russ Holliday has to throw a Hail Mary and reinvent himself as South Georgia’s new QB, Chad Powers....
Toots du Jour (Aug 30)
IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.1 Is Out! #ide #intellij #intellijidea #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2025/0… #...

Fonts In Use – Type at work in the real world

Interviews de professionnels
Contributed by Chloé GateaudSource: www.instagram.com Photo: Chloé Gateaud. License: All Rights Reserved. This is a project I developed as part of my DNMADE in Graphic Design at École Estienne, April ...
O porão by Vítor Soares and Giovanni Arceno
Contributed by Túlio CerquizeLucas Blat. License: All Rights Reserved. Cover design for O poråo (“The basement”), using Mudstone Sans and Salted, both by PintassilgoPrints. About the book (translated ...
Belohnungszentrum at ABK Stuttgart
Contributed by Moritz AppichSource: www.instagram.com License: All Rights Reserved. Marc Roecker, Linnea König, and Elias Kakos – then students at ABK Stuttgart – designed a striking scratchcard flyer...
Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking
Contributed by Store Norske SkriftkompaniSource: news.harvard.edu License: All Rights Reserved. The Harvard Art Museums hosted the exhibition Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking, which focused on the e...
Soundboks
Contributed by Teguh AriefSource: www.youtube.com License: All Rights Reserved. Soundboks is a speaker brand headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. And since March 2025, they have brought a new face to...
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits (2008 reissue) album art
Contributed by Caroline BakerSource: musicbrainz.org License: All Rights Reserved. Greatest Hits by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was first released November 16, 1993 by MCA Records. When Geffen Rec...
Sheila Chandra – Roots and Wings album art
Contributed by fanglySource: archive.org License: All Rights Reserved. CD release, front coverRoots and Wings is English pop singer Sheila Chandra’s fifth solo album, released in 1989 (or 1990? source...
Blue Moon poster
Contributed by Alex AlexSource: www.ebay.com Cinema di Carta. License: All Rights Reserved. All-caps Crayonette set on a curve, for what appears to be a promotional poster for a group named Blue Moon ...
Alice Phoebe Lou – EU Tour 2025 poster
Contributed by Eliott GrunewaldSource: alexanderalien.studio License: All Rights Reserved. Alice Phoebe Lou’s EU tour 2025 poster was designed by Alexander Alien, using Herbus as the main typeface. Da...
Black English by J.L. Dillard, Random House
Contributed by Aaron LevinPhoto: Aaron Levin. License: All Rights Reserved. Found this book in my mom’s bookshelf, and immediately recognized the original Marvin that was the inspirations behind Mathi...
Dorothy Ashby – Afro Harping album art
Contributed by Robby RhodesSource: www.ebay.com Craig Moerer. License: All Rights Reserved. Afro-Harping is a 1968 album by harpist Dorothy Ashby, released on Cadet Records. The album blends soul jazz...
David Bowie – The World of David Bowie album art
Contributed by William KennySource: www.tradera.com Hakan2020. License: All Rights Reserved. Cover of the April 1973 reissue with a photo by Ian Dickson. [More info on Discogs]A choice selection from ...
Art Van Damme – Music for Lovers album art
Contributed by Javi GonzalezSource: archive.org Internet Archive. License: All Rights Reserved. From Wikipedia: Art Van Damme (April 9, 1920 – February 15, 2010) was an American jazz accordionist. Van...
Hot Wax 7″ record sleeve
Contributed by Brian TremblayPhoto: Brian Tremblay. License: All Rights Reserved. Company record sleeve for Hot Wax. The soul label from Detroit, Michigan, was in operation from 1969 to 1977.This post...

Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic

No Soup For You
This might be my oldest’s first survival game. I guess I’m not sure why I expected practical survival instincts from a creature who has never really had to be concerned with their own survival. At his...

365tomorrows

Cease, Ye Chariots
Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer Someone scorched words into the blacktop of this car park. Don’t know what all of them mean, don’t know what they used, but it went deep and left the surfaces glassy...
Here’s looking at you
Author: Joy Dillon Who gets paid to have free food and drink, accommodation and all-expenses paid every day? Me, that’s who; Ms. Lee Werther, hotel critic extraordinaire. With just a stroke of my pen ...

The Daily WTF

Best of…: Classic WTF: We Are Not Meatbots!
Today's Labor Day in the US, a day where we celebrate workers. Well, some of us. This story from the archives is one of the exceptions. Original. --Remy Sales, as everyone knows, is the mortal enemy o...

danbruno.net

August 2025 media
The Magician of Tiger Castle: Pitched as the first novel for adults from Louis Sachar (though personally I think it’s comfortably YA), this is a breezy fable about an immortal magician from a fictiona...

Read the Tea Leaves

Why do browsers throttle JavaScript timers?
Even if you’ve been doing JavaScript for a while, you might be surprised to learn that setTimeout(0) is not really setTimeout(0). Instead, it could run 4 milliseconds later: Nearly a decade ago when I...

The Main Event, by stacy-marie ishmael

I want all the rhythms
In São Paulo for work; conversations routinely start in Portuguese. Brazil, like Trinidad, is a place where I get the benefit of being assumed to belong there. In Brooklyn, at a fete, watching Ke(e)s ...